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Cultivating Success
Fresh picks that will enthrall customers! For many of us, cultivating success just means getting to continue to do what we do. Keep your customers in... READ MORE »
Winter Show Finds
Stuck on You As affordable as they are accessible, stickers were already poised to slay the stationery market pre-pandemic. In the ensuing months, th... READ MORE »
Mind Over Matter
While most stationery and gifts serve some sort of tangible function, they are splurges at heart. One of the many lingering coronavirus effects on the... READ MORE »
Celebrating the Season
What's in the Cards? We applaud Dads and Grads this time of year — but any day can become a card-sending occasion. Just Because Cards [caption ... READ MORE »
Winter Holiday
Shoppers are elevating gifts into something more than a commodity. “Gifting is not just about expressing care for another person, there is a lot of... READ MORE »
Noted Lookbook
The Dream Team The third incarnation of *Noted: The Greeting Card Expo returns virtually May 20-21. Programming includes the ever-popular pitch progr... READ MORE »
Office
Merchandise to complement an office space, whether at home or in an office complex, serves a purpose and yet is essentially still a splurge. With the ... READ MORE »
A Small Urge to Splurge
Show me some gifts! Impulse-driven add-ons still exert a strong hold over the American consumer. The more ways you can present these fun gift finds t... READ MORE »
As USPS founders, Congress treads water
Significant reform is on the horizon, but hasn’t yet actually begun. By George White, president, Greeting Card Association, and Rafe Morrissey, vic... READ MORE »
Baby
When a given product, such as a baby gift, is not an essential, customers tend to regard it with criteria such as localism, sourcing, packaging, mater... READ MORE »